Psychology 2990A-001 (Online for 2020-21)

Applications of Psychology

If there is a discrepancy between the outline posted below and the outline posted on the OWL course website, the latter shall prevail.

Welcome to our course, which explores how people ‘use’ psychology to achieve real-world goals. You will recognize concepts that we will discuss from other psychology courses, yet our lens is nevertheless to explore how these concepts are applied.

 

This course is online and is primarily asynchronous. As a result, this syllabus is a critical resource for you to keep on track throughout the term. I have designed the online course so that few changes will be made if we return to lockdown. Still, this is a stressful time and I encourage students to reach out to our instructor/teaching assistant team as needed.

1.0    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with some of the ways in which psychological evidence and techniques can be applied to the practice of law, business, education, the health sciences, etc.

 

Prerequisite: A mark of at least 60% in 1.0 credits of Psychology at the 1000 level.

 

Unless you have either the prerequisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enrol in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.

 

3 lecture hours; 0.5 course 

2.0    COURSE INFORMATION

            Instructor:                                  Dr. M. Blair Evans, Assistant Professor, Industrial/Organizational Unit         

            Office and Phone Number: 6310 Social Sciences Bldg, 519-661-2111 x84663

            Email: mevan3@uwo.ca

            Office Hours: Time slot ranges are from 9am-12pm on Wednesdays, and 1pm -3pm on Fridays. You need to book your time slot at least 12 hours beforehand to ensure that I will be on zoom. If your need is urgent, then please arrange a separate office hour meeting by e-mailing myself or our teaching assistant.

            Link to schedule of zoom meetings: https://www.cloudhq.net/meeting/evan5210@mylaurier.ca.

 

            Teaching assistant: Christopher Kowalski, PhD Cand, Social/Personality/Developmental Unit

            e-mail: ckowals@uwo.ca

            Office hours: Meetings with Christopher are by appointment only, using e-mail.

 

 Online: We will be using the OWL course management system (http://owl.uwo.ca) for most aspects of this course (i.e., posting modules, discussions, grading, exams).  Students are encouraged to follow the technology ‘policy’ outlined later in the syllabus.

Time and Location of Classes: This is a virtual (online) course, which is asynchronous. 

We nevertheless have available meetings slots from 7:00 – 10:00pm (Tuesdays) for our two midterm exams, or for supplemental meetings for discussing content or exam reviews. Anything that is planned during this time will be communicated to students using OWL, and there will be alternative arrangements possible for students (e.g., alternative exam session; recorded zoom discussions posted on OWL).                                            

Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Mental Health@Western

http://www.uwo.ca/uwocom/mentalhealth/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help.

Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if you require any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you. You may also wish to contact Student Accessibility Services (formerly known as Services for Students with Disabilities) at 519-661-2147.

3.0  TEXTBOOK

There is no formal text for the course. We will use chapters, academic articles, and online content that will be available on the OWL site. The class schedule below identifies weeks with assigned readings, and these readings are provided along with a guide that directs students toward key messages to derive from each reading.

 

Nevertheless, several chapters will be posted from the following textbook that we have online access to through the Library – this is a valuable tool for the concepts related to social psychology that we will be applying.

SUPPLEMENTAL ONLINE BOOK, AVAILABLE THROUGH UWO LIBRARY

Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and Addressing Social and Practical Problems (3RD EDITION)

Gruman, Schneider, & Coutts (Sage Publications) 

4.0    COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course serves as an introduction to the concepts and tools from modern psychology that have found their way into real life. The themes from this course will span domains ranging from health psychology, to the psychology of sport, consumer behaviour, organizations, law, human factors, and the environment. We will consider how psychology is used in many ways, ranging from large-scale policies to the design of behavioural interventions. We will share examples of this application – including tools/strategies you have used and not even recognized as ‘psychology’.

 

After introducing the foundations of applied psychology, this course progresses through 12 modules focused on ‘big issues’ and then we will explore how those issues are addressed in several domains of applied psychology. We hope to instil recognition of how psychology is applied, so students will leave the course with awareness of available careers and applications of psychology.

   4.1    STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 

Following this course, successful students will have the capacity to:

                       

Learning Outcome

Learning Activity

Assessment

 

Depth and Breadth of Knowledge.

Identify concepts, methods, and examples that are historically important related to applied psychology

Online modules; Lectures; Assigned readings; Ungraded quizzes

Multiple choice exams; Graded quizzes;

Recognize the uses of psychology in everyday life and identify the extent that these applications do (or do not) connect with psychological theory and empirical findings.

Online modules; Lectures; Supplemental content (videos, articles, podcasts)

Multiple choice exams; Graded quizzes; Question of the day submission

Knowledge of Methodologies.

Recognize the ideal ways that applied psychologists advance from ‘psychological theory’ toward ‘useful strategy/tool’ through empirical steps (e.g., valid research) and practical steps (e.g., working with stakeholders).

Online modules; Lectures; Assigned readings

Multiple choice exams; Graded quizzes; Question of the day submission

Application of Knowledge.

Reflect upon examples of applied psychology in everyday life and propose creative/novel ways that psychology could be applied in the future.

Supplemental content (videos, articles, podcasts); Group discussions; Ungraded quizzes

Group discussions; Question of the day submission

Awareness of Limits of Knowledge.

Recognize the limitations in current practices and policies that are often attributed to applied psychology and understand the fundamental constraints behind any attempt to ‘use’ psychology.

Online modules; Lectures

Multiple choice exams; Group discussions

 

 

5.0     EVALUATION

Mid-term Exam #1 (20%), Mid-term Exam #2 (20%), and Final Exam (35%)  

 

Two mid-term examinations as well as a final exam will comprise most of the course evaluation activities, worth a total of 75% of the final grade. Items will consist of primarily multiple-choice, matching, and select-all-that-apply questions based on material from the preceding lectures and readings. Exams will draw from assigned readings as well as lecture content. Whereas each mid-term will focus only on the units preceding them, the final exam will be cumulative. Nevertheless, the final exam questions will be based entirely upon the concepts that are covered in each classes’ ‘Questions of the day’ (see below for more information about questions of the day).  Further information about exam content will be provided in class throughout the term, along with exam reviews.

 

Completing exams. Online exams will be completed using the test/quiz function within OWL. Mid-term exams will be completed by students ‘synchronously’ and will be scheduled during class time (Tuesdays, 7-10pm, EST). Students must gain access to the exams at the beginning of class time (i.e., 7:00 - 7:15 EST) and will have limited time available for completing the entire exam as well as a time limit for each item. The final exam will be scheduled with the registrar.

 

All exams are ‘open book’ with complete access to course materials. However, students must complete the exams independently, meaning that students must not interact with one-another or other people during the exam. We will not use a formal proctoring software, but students will enter into a ‘Zoom’ room when they complete the exam, both to interact with instructors and for the instructors to check-in on students (you may be asked to turn on your computer camera).

 

Exam conflicts.  For students who know that the mid-term exam time slot is not appropriate for them (i.e., time zone challenges), a single alternative time slot will be available. Students must individually reach out to an instructor to gain access to the link for this alternative time. Make-up exams will not be offered for mid-terms. Students with an adequate excuse for missing a mid-term, arranged through academic counselling, will be assigned a score based on your grade on the final exam.

 

The final exam, however, will be taken during the exam period and there will be only one formal time slot. To excuse yourself from the registrar-scheduled final exam, contact academic counselling with our course’s information, the final exam date, and any documentation to validate your excuse. If your accommodation is approved, you and the academic counsellor should contact me via email to schedule you to complete a make-up exam.

 

Reviewing exam results. Exam grades will be posted within OWL. An online video reviewing exam items and response options will be posted approximately one week after the exam is completed. Each student is also permitted to view his or her midterm responses by scheduling a meeting with a teaching assistant at any point in time during the term.

 

Note regarding synchronous online assessments. I recognize that completing online exams synchronously means that technical difficulties may harm your performance or ability to complete the activity. To reduce technical concerns:

  • Before the exam. I will release a practice exam activity so students can ‘practice’ signing-in to the exam and zoom. If you know beforehand that you have limited access to required technology or internet, then reach out to the instructor.
  • During the exam. Both the teaching assistant and instructor will be available via our exam zoom room, email, and my office phone to address issues as they arise. It is the student’s responsibility to contact me immediately when the issue arises to amend the situation; if students do not communicate technical issues as they happen (i.e., contact instructor after the exam has concluded) there are fewer options to reconcile these challenges.

 

Exam preparation – Question of the Day responses (3%)

 

The final exam items with be predominately multiple-choice or similar types and will be based exclusively from ‘Questions of the Day’ (QODs) presented during every lecture. QODs are short-answer style questions and are learning preparation activities that will guide students toward the critical concepts when leading into the final exam. Although they are short-answer style, they represent a bank of topics that I will draw upon when designing final exam items. Students are thus expected to create their own responses to QODs following every class to ensure they retain key information in preparation for the final.

 

QODs responses will also directly comprise a small portion of students’ grade. On December 8th, students will submit a Word Document through OWL, containing their responses to QODs. The QOD responses will not be graded for accuracy – meaning that they will not be graded for how ‘correct’ answers are.  However, students will receive a complete grade for the QOD activity if they: (a) accurately list all QODs from the instructor during lecture videos, (a) provide complete responses to each item, and (c) provide a QOD document that is independent – in the students’ own words and does not plagiarize course materials or the work of other students. Note that a rubric for this activity will be posted on OWL.

 

Quizzes (15%)

 

Throughout this semester, students will complete brief quizzes on assigned reading material using OWL (Weeks 2,3,4,6,7,8,10,11). The purpose of these quizzes is to assess understanding of the reading material and to provide practice at retrieving information.

 

Quizzes will be completed on Wednesdays as noted within the schedule below, and students have a 12-hour window within which they must complete their responses (i.e., 9am EST to 9pm EST). There will be eight quizzes averaging 7 to 8 items in length (i.e., 60 items total) and will primarily be in multiple choice format. Students are provided with a 12-hour range in which to complete their responses. Students can submit late quizzes – but these are only accepted up until 48 hours after the quiz is closed, must be scheduled with an instructor over e-mail, and will have a 20% deduction in the grade.

 

Note that certain quizzes may include bonus mark activities totalling no more than 6 marks over the course of the term.  These bonus activities will contribute to the 60-mark quiz grade. Note that students cannot get higher than 100% on their quiz grade, so the bonus marks will only contribute up until a total of 60 marks is attained.

 

Discussions: Discussion replies (2%) and posting a discussion prompt (5%)

 

Our class will be broken into 35-member discussion groups.  During specified weeks (Weeks 3,4,6,7,8,10,12), we will discuss aspects of readings within these groups. Students will be graded for two components of these discussions – (a) replying to discussions, and (b) producing a discussion prompt. Discussions will require students to develop a deeper understanding of readings from the course and will be read by the instructor to understand students’ progression.

                                                                     

Prompts. During the term, you will complete a single ‘leading’ discussion prompt. You will be randomly assigned to complete a post in your discussion group, and you will receive notification of this through the ‘PostEm’ tool in OWL. Your discussion post must be available for other students in your group by 8am on Monday morning on the week of the related reading/topic.  These 250-word prompts will include: (a) reflection on one or more ideas from the reading, and (b) a weblink to a source that you found online (e.g., Youtube video; blog post; podcast) and explanation for how this represents a ‘real world’ example of psychology being applied.  A grading rubric for this activity is available on OWL. If you must miss your assigned post week (i.e., self-reported absence; another accommodation), please email the teaching assistant to request a forum post extension.

 

Replies. During the weeks when we have discussions, students will be graded in relation to their responses to each discussion thread within their group. Replies will be made in response to the discussion prompts posted to the group thread in a given week (note – there will be up to five prompts in a given week). Each discussion reply must be 150 words or longer and must be posted by 9pm EST on Wednesday on the week of a given discussion. There are 7 discussions scheduled for the term and will be graded on 5 discussion thread responses. This means that you can ‘skip’ responding to two discussion threads.

 

Summary of lateness/missingness policy.

As a summary of the policies about assignment submission: (a) quizzes and QOD submissions up to 48 hours late receive 20% off of the grade unless they have appropriate accommodation approval, (b) late discussion prompts or replies will not be graded (although discussion prompts can be submitted during a later discussion opportunity with appropriate accommodation approval), (c) mid-term exam make-up sessions will not be scheduled, (d) alternative final exam sessions may be scheduled, with appropriate accommodation approval.  

 

Keep in mind that instructors are not permitted to receive documentation directly from the student in relation to accommodation requests. All documentation required for absences that are not covered by the absence reporting policy must be submitted to your Academic Counselling Office

**Grades will NOT be rounded. Also, other than the bonus items listed above that contribute to the quiz grade, there are no other bonus grades assigned within this course. 

 

Grading details.  

Although the Psychology Department does not require instructors to adjust their course grades to conform to specific targets, the expectation is that course marks will be distributed around the following averages:

70%     1000-level and 2000-level courses
72%     2190-2990 level courses
75%     3000-level courses
80%     4000-level courses
   
The Psychology Department follows Western's grading guidelines, which are as follows (see http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/general/grades_undergrad.pdf):

A+  90-100      One could scarcely expect better from a student at this level
A    80-89        Superior work that is clearly above average
B    70-79        Good work, meeting all requirements, and eminently satisfactory
C    60-69        Competent work, meeting requirements
D    50-59        Fair work, minimally acceptable
F    below 50    Fail

Missing coursework.

 

Students are expected to submit all coursework by the assigned due dates as outlined in this course outline, including but not limited to discussion participation, quizzes, and exams.

 

Students who anticipate being unable to complete course evaluation activities should completed the relevant steps outlined in the “POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR ILLNESS OR OTHER ABSENCES”. Keep in mind that instructors are not permitted to receive documentation directly from the student in relation to accommodation requests. All documentation required for absences that are not covered by the absence reporting policy must be submitted to your Academic Counselling Office. If a student misses the deadline to hand in an assignment, without approved accommodations in place, they are subject to the penalties outlined in the course syllabus unless they have made prior arrangements with the instructor.

 

Each type of submission for course evaluations have unique considerations around lateness/missingness that are detailed within the description of each activity.

 

For missing submissions, without accommodation, the following apply:

  • Quizzes and question of the day assignments can be submitted late, without appropriate accommodation – students will receive 20% off of their grade for a late submission for submitting their assignment from 1-48 hours late. After that point, the late submissions will not be graded.
  • Late discussion prompts or replies will not be graded, because students have the opportunity to ‘miss’ two discussion replies during the term.
  • Mid-term and final exam make-up sessions will not be re-scheduled without approved accommodations in place.

 

For missing submissions with appropriate accommodation, alternate quiz, question of the day, and final exam completion times can be arranged with the instructor without penalty.  Note that discussion prompts/replies and mid-term exams cannot be rescheduled, even with accommodation (i.e., a missed mid-term exam with accommodation will result in that mid-term grade percentage being added to the weight of the final exam).

 

     ONLINE EXAMS.

 

When students complete examinations in this course, they will be asked to access a zoom room in relation to proctoring. Completion of this course will require you to have a reliable internet connection and a device that meets the system requirements for Zoom. You will be required to keep your camera on for the entire session, hold up your student card for identification purposes, and share your screen with the invigilator if asked to do so at any time during the exam. The exam session will not be recorded.*

 

Online Proctoring Guidelines: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/onlineproctorguidelines.pdf

 

Zoom system requirements: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us

 

* Please note that Zoom servers are located outside Canada. If you would prefer to use only your first name or a nickname to login to Zoom, please provide this information to the instructor in advance of the test or examination.


6.0  ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION SCHEDULE

COURSE COMPONENT (DATE)

GRADE %

1.     Quizzes (Weeks 2,3,4,6,7,8,10,11 – 9AM-9PM EST, Wednesdays).

15%

2.     Discussions (Weeks 3,4,6,7,8,10,12)

 

a.     Prompts (posted by 9AM EST Mondays)

5%

b.    Replies (posted by 9PM EST, Wednesdays)

2%

3.     Mid-term Exams

 

a.     Mid-term Exam #1 (7:00pm EST, Oct 13th)3

20%

b.    Mid-term Exam #2 (7:00pm EST, Nov 17th)

20%

4.     Exam prep. – QOD responses (9:00pm EST, Dec 8th)

3%

5.     Final Exam (Final Exam Period)

35%

 

7.0   CLASS SCHEDULE

The complete course schedule is provided on the next page.  Required readings are available in their entirely through OWL at the outset of the term, and lectures as well as supplemental materials for each of our 12 modules will be posted at least a week before their scheduled week.

 

This course is online and primarily asynchronous.  We will nevertheless host occasional zoom sessions during our slated ‘class time’ for optional discussions or exam reviews. During these sessions, recordings will be made so that students can access content at a later date. The data captured during these recordings may include your image, voice recordings, chat logs and personal identifiers (name displayed on the screen). The recordings will be used for educational purposes related to this course.

The recordings may be disclosed to other individuals participating in the course for their private or group study purposes. Please contact the instructor if you have any concerns related to session recordings. You have the option to request not to be recorded, and will have alternative options (e.g., reviewing materials; individual office hour meetings with instructors). Participants in this course are not permitted to record the sessions, except when the participant has the prior written permission of the instructor.

 

 

 

TOPIC

[Key ‘big issue’ addressed in lecture is in italics]

Preparation notes

(see OWL for details on req’d readings)

Assigned Readings

 

= Quiz (Weds)

= Discussion

 

Sept 15

1. INTRODUCTION

Introducing the fields and approaches of applied psychology.

Schneider et al. (2017)–Ch. 1

 

Sept 22

2. TRANSLATING PSYCHOLOGY

Communicating psychological findings and adapting policy.

Antonides (2011)

Sept 29

3. SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND METHODS

Tools in an applied psychologist’s toolbox.

Lodzinski et al. (2017)–Ch. 4

Oct 6

4. HEALTH BEHAVIOR ATTITUDES AND INTENTIONS

Can we actually change behavior?

Hagger & Weed (2019)

Oct 13

 

5. SOCIAL NORMS

Reshaping what ‘everyone else’ is doing, to change behavior.

 

MIDTERM EXAM #1 (Lecs1-5)

Gifford (2017)–Ch. 13

 

Oct 20

6. INTERGROUP RELATIONS

Harmonizing interactions between groups and mitigating prejudice.

Kwantes & Bergeron (2017)–Ch. 14

Oct 27

7. PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY:

Applying cognitive & developmental psychology in sport.

Williams et al. (2011)

Nov 3

Reading week

Nov 10

8. PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

Is psychological evidence being used to improve the jury system, or is it perpetuating existing flaws?

Borenstein & Greene (2011)

Borenstein & Greene (2017)

Nov 17

9. ENGINEERING, COGNITION, AND HUMAN FACTORS

Making systems and places efficient.

MIDTERM EXAM #2 (Lecs6-9)

Roscoe et al. (2019)

 

Nov 24

10. FOSTERING CONNECTION

Applying knowledge about belongingness to specific contexts – including COVID.

Jetten et al. (2020)

Dec

1

11. CREATING BETTER TEAMS

Identifying the spectrum of settings where group dynamics are applied.

Coutts & Gruman (2017)–Ch. 10

Dec

8

12. MEASUREMENT

Recognizing how psychological measurement enters into our daily lives

SUBMIT QUESTION OF THE DAY DOCUMENT

 

FINAL EXAM PERIOD: DEC 11-22

 

8.0  STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC OFFENCES

 

Students are responsible for understanding the nature and avoiding the occurrence of plagiarism and other scholastic offences. Plagiarism and cheating are considered very serious offences because they undermine the integrity of research and education. Actions constituting a scholastic offence are described at the following link: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf

 

As of Sept. 1, 2009, the Department of Psychology will take the following steps to detect scholastic offences. All multiple-choice tests and exams will be checked for similarities in the pattern of responses using reliable software, and records will be made of student seating locations in all tests and exams. All written assignments will be submitted to TurnItIn, a service designed to detect and deter plagiarism by comparing written material to over 5 billion pages of content located on the Internet or in TurnItIn’s databases. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between Western and Turnitin.com (http://www.turnitin.com).

 

Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams will be subject to submission for similarity review by software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating.

 

In classes that involve the use of a personal response system (PRS), data collected using the PRS will only be used in a manner consistent to that described in this outline. It is the instructor’s responsibility to make every effort to ensure that data remain confidential. However, students should be aware that as with all forms of electronic communication, privacy is not guaranteed. Your PRS login credentials are for your sole use only. Students attempting to use another student’s credentials to submit data through the PRS may be subject to academic misconduct proceedings.

 

Possible penalties for a scholastic offence include failure of the assignment/exam, failure of the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University.

 

9.0  POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR ILLNESS OR OTHER ABSENCES

 

Western’s policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness can be found at:
http://www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/PolicyPages.cfm?PolicyCategoryID=1&Command=showCategory&SelectedCalendar=Live&ArchiveID=#Page_12

 

The full policy for consideration for absences can be accessed at: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/Academic_Consideration_for_absences.pdf

 

If you experience an extenuating circumstance (e.g., illness, injury) sufficiently significant to temporarily make you unable to meet academic requirements, you may request accommodation through the following routes:

  1. Submitting a Self-Reported Absence form (for circumstances that are expected to resolve within 48 hours);
  2. For medical absences, submitting a Student Medical Certificate (SMC) signed by a licensed medical or mental health practitioner in order to be eligible for Academic Consideration;
  • For non-medical absences, submitting appropriate documentation (e.g., obituary, police report, accident report, court order, etc.) to Academic Counselling in their Faculty of registration in order to be eligible for academic consideration. Students are encouraged to contact their Academic Counselling unit to clarify what documentation is appropriate.

 

Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain accommodation. The self-reported absence form must be submitted before the exam/coursework deadline in order to be valid. It may NOT be used for absences longer than 48 hours; coursework/tests/exams/etc., worth more than 30% of the final grade; or exams scheduled in the December or April final-exam periods: http://counselling.ssc.uwo.ca/procedures/medical_accommodation.html

 

Students seeking academic consideration:

  • are advised to consider carefully the implications of postponing tests or midterm exams or delaying handing in work;  
  • are encouraged to make appropriate decisions based on their specific circumstances, recognizing that minor ailments (upset stomach) or upsets (argument with a friend) are not normally an appropriate basis for a self-reported absence;
  • must communicate with their instructors no later than 24 hoursafter the end of the period covered by either the self-reported absence or SMC, or immediately upon their return following a documented absence

 

10.0      Contingency Plan for Return to Lockdown

 

In the event of a COVID-19 resurgence during the course that necessitates the course delivery moving away from face-to-face interaction, all remaining course content will be delivered entirely online, either synchronously (i.e., at the times indicated in the timetable) or asynchronously (e.g., posted on OWL for students to view at their convenience). The grading scheme will not change. Any remaining assessments will also be conducted online as determined by the course instructor.

 

11.0      STATEMENTS CONCERNING ONLINE ETIQUETTE

 

In courses involving online interactions, the Psychology Department expects students to honour the following rules of etiquette:

  • please “arrive” to class on time
  • please use your computer and/or laptop if possible (as opposed to a cell phone or tablet)
  • please ensure that you are in a private location to protect the confidentiality of discussions in the event that a class discussion deals with sensitive or personal material
  • to minimize background noise, kindly mute your microphone for the entire class until you are invited to speak, unless directed otherwise
  • In classes larger than 30 participants please turn off your video camera for the entire class unless you are invited to speak
  • In classes of 30 students or fewer, where video chat procedures are being used, please be prepared to turn your video camera off at the instructor’s request if the internet connection becomes unstable
  • Unless invited by your instructor, do not share your screen in the meeting

 

The course instructor will act as moderator for the class and will deal with any questions from participants. To participate please consider the following:

  • If you wish to speak, use the “raise hand” function and wait for the instructor to acknowledge you before beginning your comment or question.
  • Please remember to unmute your microphone and turn on your video camera before speaking.
  • Self-identify when speaking.
  • Please remember to mute your mic and turn off your video camera after speaking (unless directed otherwise).

 

General considerations of “netiquette”:

  • Keep in mind the different cultural and linguistic backgrounds of the students in the course.
  • Be courteous toward the instructor, your colleagues, and authors whose work you are discussing.
  • Be respectful of the diversity of viewpoints that you will encounter in the class and in your readings. The exchange of diverse ideas and opinions is part of the scholarly environment. “Flaming” is never appropriate.
  • Be professional and scholarly in all online postings. Use proper grammar and spelling. Cite the ideas of others appropriately.

 

Note that disruptive behaviour of any type during online classes, including inappropriate use of the chat function, is unacceptable. Students found guilty of Zoom-bombing a class or of other serious online offenses may be subject to disciplinary measures under the Code of Student Conduct.

 

12.0      OTHER INFORMATION

 

Office of the Registrar: http://registrar.uwo.ca 

 

Student Development Services: www.sdc.uwo.ca

 

Please see the Psychology Undergraduate web site for information on the following:

http://psychology.uwo.ca/undergraduate/student_responsibilities/index.html

 

- Policy on Cheating and Academic Misconduct

- Procedures for Appealing Academic Evaluations

- Policy on Attendance

- Policy Regarding Makeup Exams and Extensions of Deadlines

- Policy for Assignments

- Short Absences

- Extended Absences

- Documentation

- Academic Concerns

- 2020-2021 Calendar References

 

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